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Colorful streamers adorn Aichi Prefecture town for Tanabata Festival
People walk beneath colorful streamers displayed for the Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival in Ichinomiya,...
July 29, 2022
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60% of municipalities do not disclose number of fatal accidents at nursing homes
About 60% of local governments nationwide do not disclose information about fatal accidents reported...
July 29, 2022
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Ukrainian volunteers send ‘mom’s cooking’ to soldiers on the battlefield
IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine — An increasing number of Ukrainians are making packages of borscht and sen...
July 28, 2022
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UNESCO decision on Sado mine heritage listing likely to be delayed
The Sado Gold Mine in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, is unlikely to be added to the list of World Heritag...
July 28, 2022
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NPO leader hopes to promote intercultural cohesion in Japan
A growing number of children in Japan have foreign roots, with one or both parents having a non-Japa...
July 28, 2022
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Heatstroke sufferers triple in Japan in June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of people taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke totaled 1...
July 28, 2022
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Japan’s 2nd monkeypox case confirmed in Tokyo
A new case of monkeypox, which has been spreading alarmingly around the globe, has been confirmed in...
July 28, 2022
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Right to reconstruct iconic Tokyo capsule building to go on auction block
The architectural office of the world-renowned late architect Kisho Kurokawa will sell the rights to...
July 28, 2022
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Seniors’ club creates maze-like sunflower ‘tunnel’ at Tokyo school
A natural tunnel created by sunflowers in full bloom in a garden at an elementary school in Edogawa ...
July 28, 2022
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Goldfish shipments reach peak in Nara production center
NARA — Shipments of goldfish for summer festivals and other events are reaching peak levels in Yamat...
July 27, 2022
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White whale entertains spectators in Yokohama
A white whale hurls water at visitors at Yokohama Hakkeijima Seaparadise in Yokohama’s Kanazawa Ward...
July 27, 2022
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Education ministry makes move to solve teacher shortage
The education ministry, facing a serious shortage of teachers, will launch a project to seek out and...
July 27, 2022
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Farewell ceremony held for author Jakucho Setouchi
A farewell ceremony for popular author Jakucho Setouchi, who died last November at the age of 99, wa...
July 27, 2022
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Majority of Trainees in Debt before Arriving in Japan
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—A majority of foreign technical trainees borrowed money before coming to Japan, a...
July 27, 2022
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Super-early rice
CHIBA — Harvesting of Gohyakugawa, a super-early type of rice, has begun in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture....
July 26, 2022
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